# Failing to start elasticsearch versions 6.x on Mac due to java.security.\* access denied

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-elasticsearch-versions-6-x-on-mac-due-to-java-security-access-denied/119953
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [February 15, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-elasticsearch-versions-6-x-on-mac-due-to-java-security-access-denied/119953 "2018-02-15T09:38:25Z")
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### Author: ![ryemyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@ryemyer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryemyer)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2018, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-elasticsearch-versions-6-x-on-mac-due-to-java-security-access-denied/119953/1 "2018-02-15T09:38:26Z")

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Hi,

I installed elasticsearch 6.2.1 (also tried 6.1.2) on my mac, and I am getting various exceptions due to Java security issues.  
Searching google I found very few suggestions, all of them pointing to the Java policy file, which to me seems correctly defined. A colleague of mine installed the same version on a similar setup (his mac), and it is running without issues.

When running 6.2.1 I got the following exceptions:

```
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.netty-common}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.netty-transport}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.elasticsearch-rest-client}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.httpasyncclient}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.securesm}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.lucene-core}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.lucene-misc}
java.security.policy : erreur d'ajout d'entrée :
	java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: ${codebase.plugin-classloader}
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,557][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [] initializing ...
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,680][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [hPUMCEO] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/disk1s1)]], net usable_space [3.9gb], net total_space [112.8gb], types [apfs]
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,680][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [hPUMCEO] heap size [990.7mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true]
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,682][INFO][o.e.n.Node] node name [hPUMCEO] derived from node ID [hPUMCEOAT0anDep0o-eDnw]; set [node.name] to override
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,683][INFO][o.e.n.Node] version[6.2.1], pid[9673], build[7299dc3/2018-02-07T19:34:26.990113Z], OS[Mac OS X/10.13.3/x86_64], JVM[Oracle Corporation/Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM/1.8.0_73/25.73-b02]
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,684][INFO][o.e.n.Node] JVM arguments [-Xms1g, -Xmx1g, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -XX:CMSInitiatingOccupancyFraction=75, -XX:+UseCMSInitiatingOccupancyOnly, -XX:+AlwaysPreTouch, -Xss1m, -Djava.awt.headless=true, -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8, -Djna.nosys=true, -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow, -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true, -Dio.netty.noKeySetOptimization=true, -Dio.netty.recycler.maxCapacityPerThread=0, -Dlog4j.shutdownHookEnabled=false, -Dlog4j2.disable.jmx=true, -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/folders/n5/3vjp29xd461fmqhs2hmty9100000gn/T/elasticsearch.qOpnRuGG, -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError, -XX:+PrintGCDetails, -XX:+PrintGCDateStamps, -XX:+PrintTenuringDistribution, -XX:+PrintGCApplicationStoppedTime, -Xloggc:logs/gc.log, -XX:+UseGCLogFileRotation, -XX:NumberOfGCLogFiles=32, -XX:GCLogFileSize=64m, -Des.path.home=/usr/local/Cellar/elasticsearch/6.2.1/libexec, -Des.path.conf=/usr/local/etc/elasticsearch]
[2018-02-15T10:17:45,787][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "createClassLoader")
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
Caused by: java.security.AccessControlException: access denied ("java.lang.RuntimePermission" "createClassLoader")
	at java.security.AccessControlContext.checkPermission(AccessControlContext.java:472) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at java.security.AccessController.checkPermission(AccessController.java:884) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkPermission(SecurityManager.java:549) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at java.lang.SecurityManager.checkCreateClassLoader(SecurityManager.java:611) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.checkCreateClassLoader(ClassLoader.java:274) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at java.lang.ClassLoader.<init>(ClassLoader.java:316) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.ExtendedPluginsClassLoader.<init>(ExtendedPluginsClassLoader.java:36) ~[plugin-classloader-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.ExtendedPluginsClassLoader.lambda$create$0(ExtendedPluginsClassLoader.java:57) ~[plugin-classloader-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_73]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.ExtendedPluginsClassLoader.create(ExtendedPluginsClassLoader.java:56) ~[plugin-classloader-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginLoaderIndirection.createLoader(PluginLoaderIndirection.java:31) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundle(PluginsService.java:494) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.loadBundles(PluginsService.java:422) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.<init>(PluginsService.java:146) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:303) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.<init>(Node.java:246) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.<init>(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:323) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.1.jar:6.2.1]
	... 6 more

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Would be grateful for any help.

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### Author: ![ryemyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e68b1a/32.png) [@ryemyer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryemyer)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-elasticsearch-versions-6-x-on-mac-due-to-java-security-access-denied/119953/2 "2018-03-06T14:06:20Z")

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Solved by updating to the latest Java 8 version (from 8.0.73 to 8.0.163).

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### Author: ![zqc0512](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zqc0512/32/32141_2.png) [@zqc0512](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zqc0512)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-elasticsearch-versions-6-x-on-mac-due-to-java-security-access-denied/119953/3 "2018-03-07T06:58:33Z")

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the java version and the use about es install directory.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2018, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/failing-to-start-elasticsearch-versions-6-x-on-mac-due-to-java-security-access-denied/119953/4 "2018-04-04T06:58:37Z")

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